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Demonstration programme |
Farmers, growers, breeders, policy makers, water/irrigation managers, local seed companies, agricultural advisers
All rural society,
local farmers communities and associations,
water user’s associations, governments,
environment
Improved water productivity
in agriculture and more stable agricultural
production
Demonstration,
replication, on-ground implementation,
dissemination, training, sustainability
evaluation
- 6 demonstration fields with agro-meteorological stations, other equipment and Excel-based irrigation scheduling tool; - 2 years of testing (at least 48 combinations of genotypes and water management practices); - 24 training courses and 600 farmers, technicians and water managers trained; - 60 field days with the participation of 1200 local stakeholders; - 2 years on-ground implementation of the best performing varieties and water harvesting and management practices in a surface area of at least 240 ha with the involvement of at least 120 farmers; - 2 guidelines, 24 brochures, 6 seminars, 180 minutes of video material, etc.
Social and economic impact - support of the local communities to market a quality durum wheat (in Lebanon and Morocco) and chick pea (in Morocco) products and - promotion of the women cooperatives for durum wheat transformation to several types of couscous on downstream value chain (in Morocco) |
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